...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
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Why don't you like being you for a change? Just be different and don't hate yourself and feel very good about all… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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The spiritual experience of the philosopher is the nourishing soil of philosophy; that without it there is no philosophy; and that, even… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
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In this book it is spoken of the Sephiroth and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
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